Nonprofit Overview

Mission: To empower the community with the means to stop the spread of hiv through prevention, education, treatment and support.

Programs: Provided 2,077 outpatients ambulatory hiv specialty medical care visits, standard lab work, phlebotomy/laboratory services; treatment adherence, smoking cessation, diabetes, obesity, cholesterol and hypertension counseling; medications for 420 hiv+ patients, 53% of whom had no medical insurance, public or private, and no other means to pay for that care. This resulted in an average of 3 visits per patient per year. Of those seen in medical care, 86. 7% had undetectable viral loads, a 7% increase from 2012. Undetectable viral load (the measurement of hiv found in one's blood) reduces the chance to transmitting hiv to another person to 3%, even without the use of condoms.

provided financial and supportive assistance with rent, utilties and mortgage for 227 hiv+ individuals including case management assistance in locating other housing programs for people who did not qualify for the hopwa program.

provided hiv prevention education and counseling to 678 individuals at risk for hiv infection, with a zero-positivity rate of 2. 6%. Careteam provides behavior based intervention for individuals who have difficulty connecting to medical services, those who are non-adherent to medical care and treatment and those who have been lost to care.